UEFA Euro 2024
Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2024 (in German) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Germany |
Dates | 14 June – 14 July |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Spain (4th title) |
Runners-up | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 117 (2.29 per match) |
Attendance | 2,681,288 (52,574 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Rodri |
Best young player | Lamine Yamal |
← 2020 2028 → |
The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the European men's national teams of their member associations. Germany hosted the tournament, which took place from 14 June to 14 July 2024. The tournament involved 24 teams, with Georgia making their European Championship debut.
It was the third time that European Championship matches were played on German territory, and the second time in reunified Germany, as West Germany hosted the 1988 tournament, and four matches of the multi-national Euro 2020 were played in Munich. It was the first time the competition was held in what was formerly East Germany, with Leipzig as a host city, as well as the first major tournament since the 2006 FIFA World Cup that Germany served as a solo host nation.[1][2] The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Italy were the defending champions, having won the 2020 final against England on penalties,[3] but failed to defend the title after being eliminated by Switzerland in the round of 16.[4] Host nation Germany were eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals; Spain went on to win the tournament for a record fourth time after defeating England 2–1 in the final.[5]
Host selection
[edit]On 8 March 2017, UEFA announced that two countries, Germany and Turkey, had announced their intentions to host the tournament before the deadline of 3 March 2017.[6][7]
The host was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee in a confidential ballot,[8][9] needing only a simple majority of votes to win. If the votes were equal, the final decision rested with UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin.[10][11] Out of the 20 members of the UEFA Executive Committee, Reinhard Grindel (Germany) and Servet Yardımcı (Turkey) could not vote because they were ineligible. Lars-Christer Olsson (Sweden) was also absent due to illness. In total, 17 members were able to vote.[12][13]
The host was selected on 27 September 2018 in Nyon, Switzerland.[2][12][14][15] Germany initially planned to fully host Euro 2020, although it had not announced any firm interest by May 2012.[16]
Country | Votes |
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Germany | 12 |
Turkey | 4 |
Abstention | 1 |
Total | 17 |
Venues
[edit]Germany had a wide choice of stadiums that satisfied UEFA's minimum capacity requirement of 30,000 seats for European Championship matches.[17] The Olympiastadion in Berlin was the largest stadium at UEFA Euro 2024. The stadium hosted the final of the tournament, as well as three group stage matches, a round of 16 matches, and a quarterfinal.
Of the ten venues selected for Euro 2024, nine were used for the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Berlin, Dortmund, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt, and Gelsenkirchen.[18][19] Düsseldorf, which was not used in 2006 but had previously been used for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988, served as the tenth venue; conversely, Hanover, Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern, host cities in 2006 (in addition to 1974 and 1988 in Hanover's case), were not used for this championship. Munich, the site of the first game of UEFA Euro 2024, was also a host city at the multi-national UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, hosting four matches (three involving Germany) in front of a greatly reduced number of spectators due to COVID-19 restrictions.[20]
Various other stadiums, such as those in Bremen and Mönchengladbach, were not selected.[21] The area with the highest number of venues at UEFA Euro 2024 was the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with four of the ten host cities (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen and Cologne).[22]
Berlin | Munich | Dortmund | Stuttgart |
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Olympiastadion | Allianz Arena | Westfalenstadion | MHPArena |
Capacity: 71,000[23] | Capacity: 66,000[24] | Capacity: 62,000[25] | Capacity: 51,000[26] |
Gelsenkirchen | |||
Arena AufSchalke | |||
Capacity: 50,000[27] | |||
Hamburg | |||
Volksparkstadion | |||
Capacity: 49,000[28] | |||
Düsseldorf | Frankfurt | Cologne | Leipzig |
Merkur Spiel-Arena | Waldstadion | RheinEnergieStadion | Red Bull Arena |
Capacity: 47,000[29] | Capacity: 47,000[30] | Capacity: 43,000[31] | Capacity: 40,000[32] |
Team base camps
[edit]Each team chose a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. The "team base camp" needed to be in Germany.[33]
Ticketing
[edit]Tickets for the venues were sold directly by UEFA via its website, or distributed by the football associations of the 24 finalists. Ticket sales started on 3 October 2023. More than 80% of the 2.7 million tickets for the 51 tournament matches were available for the fans of the participating teams and the general public.[57] Fans of each participating team allocated 10,000 tickets for group stage matches, 6,000 tickets for the round of 16 and quarter-finals, 7,000 for the semi-finals, and 10,000 for the final match. Over 50 million applications from 206 countries were received. Besides fans of Germany, most tickets were requested by fans supporting Turkey, Hungary, England, Albania and Croatia.[58] Prices ranged from €30 (for a seat behind the goal at a group match) to €1000 (for a seat in the main stand at the final).[59]
Qualification
[edit]As hosts, Germany qualified for the tournament automatically. The 23 remaining spots were determined by a qualifying tournament; 20 spots were decided by the direct qualification of the winners and runners-up of the 10 qualifying groups, with the remaining three spots decided by play-offs.[60] Places in the play-offs were given to the teams that performed the best in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League who did not already qualify via the main qualifying tournament.[61] The draw for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage was held on 9 October 2022 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt.[62][63] The qualifying group stage took place from March to November 2023, while the three play-offs were held in March 2024.[64]
Qualified teams
[edit]Of the 24 teams that qualified for the tournament, 19 had participated in the previous edition. These include the defending champions Italy and runners-up England, as well as 2022 World Cup runners-up France and bronze medalist Croatia. Portugal was the only team to qualify with a flawless record, whilst France, England, Belgium, Hungary, and Romania also qualified without a loss.[65]
Albania and Romania returned after missing out on Euro 2020, the former qualifying for only their second major tournament. Serbia and Slovenia both returned for the first time since Euro 2000, with Serbia qualifying for the first time since Serbia and Montenegro became separate nations, and Slovenia qualifying for their fourth major tournament as an independent nation.[66][67] Georgia beat Greece on penalties in the play-offs to qualify for their first-ever tournament since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, also becoming the only debutants for this edition and ensuring every final tournament since the inaugural Euro 1960 saw at least one new team make their debut.[68]
Notable absentees included Sweden, Russia, and Wales. Sweden failed to reach the finals for the first time since Euro 1996 and also failed to qualify for their second major tournament in a row, having missed out on the 2022 World Cup. Russia, who were regulars at finals since Euro 2000, were barred from the qualifiers altogether in the aftermath of the country's invasion of Ukraine, the first time a national team had been banned from the competition since FR Yugoslavia in 1992. Wales, who reached the knockout stages at the previous two editions, including the semi-finals at Euro 2016, lost to Poland on penalties in the play-offs. Having made their debut at the previous edition, both North Macedonia and Finland failed to qualify for this edition.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Germany[B] | Host | 27 September 2018 | 13 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Belgium | Group F winner | 13 October 2023 | 6 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2016, 2020) |
France | Group B winner | 13 October 2023 | 10 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Portugal | Group J winner | 13 October 2023 | 8 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Scotland | Group A runner-up | 15 October 2023 | 3 (1992, 1996, 2020) |
Spain | Group A winner | 15 October 2023 | 11 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Turkey | Group D winner | 15 October 2023 | 5 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020) |
Austria | Group F runner-up | 16 October 2023 | 3 (2008, 2016, 2020) |
England | Group C winner | 17 October 2023 | 10 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Hungary | Group G winner | 16 November 2023 | 4 (1964, 1972, 2016, 2020) |
Slovakia[C] | Group J runner-up | 16 November 2023 | 5 (1960, 1976, 1980, 2016, 2020) |
Albania | Group E winner | 17 November 2023 | 1 (2016) |
Denmark | Group H winner | 17 November 2023 | 9 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2020) |
Netherlands | Group B runner-up | 18 November 2023 | 10 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020) |
Romania | Group I winner | 18 November 2023 | 5 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016) |
Switzerland | Group I runner-up | 18 November 2023 | 5 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020) |
Serbia[D] | Group G runner-up | 19 November 2023 | 5 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984, 2000)[E] |
Czech Republic[C] | Group E runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 10 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Italy | Group C runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 10 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Slovenia | Group H runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 1 (2000) |
Croatia | Group D runner-up | 21 November 2023 | 6 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Georgia | Play-off Path C winner | 26 March 2024 | 0 (debut) |
Ukraine | Play-off Path B winner | 26 March 2024 | 3 (2012, 2016, 2020) |
Poland | Play-off Path A winner | 26 March 2024 | 4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
- ^ a b From 1960 to 1980, both Slovakia and the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.[69][70][71][72]
- ^ From 1960 to 1984, Serbia competed as Yugoslavia, and in 2000 as FR Yugoslavia.
- ^ FR Yugoslavia were initially to appear in 1992 (after qualifying as Yugoslavia), but were replaced after being banned by the United Nations from all international sport.
Disqualification of Russia
[edit]At a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Hvar, Croatia, on 20 September 2022, it was confirmed that Russia would be excluded from qualifying for Euro 2024, reaffirming the suspension of all Russian teams following the country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and making this the first European Championship finals Russia would miss since 2000.[73][74][75][76]
Final draw
[edit]The final tournament draw took place on 2 December 2023, 18:00 CET, at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.[77] The teams were seeded in accordance with the overall European Qualifiers rankings. Hosts Germany were automatically seeded into pot 1, and they were placed in position A1. The three play-off winners were not known at the time of the draw, and the teams participating in those play-offs, scheduled to be held in March 2024, were placed into pot 4 for the draw.[78][79][80][81] The draw was disrupted by various sexual noises whilst it was taking place, as the result of a prankster.[82][83]
- Pot 1: Germany (Host), group winners ranked 1–5
- Pot 2: Group winners ranked 6–10, group runner-up ranked 1 (6–11 overall)
- Pot 3: Group runners-up ranked 2–7 (12–17 overall)
- Pot 4: Group runners-up ranked 8–10 (18–20 overall), play-off winners A–C (identity unknown at the time of the draw)
Seeding
[edit]Team | Rank |
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Germany (hosts) | — |
Portugal | 1 |
France | 2 |
Spain | 3 |
Belgium | 4 |
England | 5 |
Team | Rank |
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Hungary | 6 |
Turkey | 7 |
Romania | 8 |
Denmark | 9 |
Albania | 10 |
Austria | 11 |
Team | Rank |
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Netherlands | 12 |
Scotland | 13 |
Croatia | 14 |
Slovenia | 15 |
Slovakia | 16 |
Czech Republic | 17 |
Team | Rank |
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Italy | 18 |
Serbia | 19 |
Switzerland | 20 |
Play-off winners A | — |
Play-off winners B | |
Play-off winners C |
- ^ Identity of the three play-off winners was unknown at the time of the draw.
Draw
[edit]Pos | Team |
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A1 | Germany |
A2 | Scotland |
A3 | Hungary |
A4 | Switzerland |
Pos | Team |
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B1 | Spain |
B2 | Croatia |
B3 | Italy |
B4 | Albania |
Pos | Team |
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C1 | Slovenia |
C2 | Denmark |
C3 | Serbia |
C4 | England |
Pos | Team |
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D1 | Poland[a] |
D2 | Netherlands |
D3 | Austria |
D4 | France |
Pos | Team |
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E1 | Belgium |
E2 | Slovakia |
E3 | Romania |
E4 | Ukraine[a] |
Pos | Team |
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F1 | Turkey |
F2 | Georgia[a] |
F3 | Portugal |
F4 | Czech Republic |
- ^ a b c Identity of the three play-off winners was unknown at the time of the draw.
Squads
[edit]The maximum squad size of the teams was increased from the original quota of 23 to 26 players. Teams had to provide the list containing a minimum of 23 players and a maximum of 26 by the deadline of 7 June.[84]
Match officials
[edit]In April 2024, 19 refereeing teams were selected to take charge of the 51 matches at the tournament, including an Argentine team selected as part of a co-operation agreement between the UEFA and CONMEBOL confederations.[85][86]
In addition, UEFA announced twenty video match officials and twelve support match officials (who would act as fourth official or reserve assistant referee).[86]
Country | Fourth official | Reserve assistant referee |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Irfan Peljto | Senad Ibrišimbegović |
Lithuania | Donatas Rumšas | Aleksandr Radiuš |
Netherlands | Serdar Gözübüyük | Johan Balder |
Norway | Espen Eskås | Jan Erik Engan |
Slovenia | Rade Obrenović | Jure Praprotnik |
Ukraine | Mykola Balakin | Oleksandr Berkut |
Group stage
[edit] Winner Runner-up | Semi-finals Quarter-finals | Round of 16 Group stage |
UEFA announced the tournament schedule on 10 May 2022, which included kick-off times only for the opening match, semi-finals, and final.[87][88] The kick-off times for all other matches were announced on 2 December 2023 following the draw.[89][90]
Group winners, runners-up and the best four third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Tiebreakers
[edit]If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[78]
- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who are still level to determine their final rankings.[a] If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 will apply;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If on the last round of the group stage, two teams who are facing each other are tied in points, goal difference and goals scored then they drew their match, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams had the same number of points.);
- Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card regardless whether it was a direct red card or two yellow cards, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
- Higher position in the European Qualifiers overall ranking, or drawing of lots if hosts Germany had been involved in the tiebreaker.
Notes
- ^ If there is a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria may only break the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams still tied. In this case, the tiebreaking procedure is resumed, from the beginning, for the two teams that are still tied.
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Hungary | 1–3 | Switzerland |
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Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | |
3 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | |
4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Notes:
- ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Slovenia 1–1 Denmark), overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Disciplinary points: Denmark −6, Slovenia −7.[103][104]
Serbia | 0–1 | England |
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Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Poland | 1–2 | Netherlands |
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Poland | 1–3 | Austria |
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Group E
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
Group F
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6[a] | |
3 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Notes:
Turkey | 3–1 | Georgia |
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Georgia | 1–1 | Czech Republic |
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Georgia | 2–0 | Portugal |
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Czech Republic | 1–2 | Turkey |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
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Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | F | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | |
3 | E | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | C | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
5 | A | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
6 | B | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking (or drawing of lots, if hosts Germany had been involved in the tiebreaker).[78]
Notes:
- ^ a b Disciplinary points: Netherlands −2, Georgia −6.[104]
Knockout stage
[edit]In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[78]
As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.
All times listed are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Bracket
[edit]Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
30 June – Cologne | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 4 | |||||||||||||
5 July – Stuttgart | ||||||||||||||
Georgia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Spain (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
29 June – Dortmund | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
9 July – Munich | ||||||||||||||
Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 July – Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||||||
Portugal (p) | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
5 July – Hamburg | ||||||||||||||
Slovenia | 0 (0) | |||||||||||||
Portugal | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
1 July – Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||
France (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||||||
14 July – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 July – Munich | ||||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
Romania | 0 | |||||||||||||
6 July – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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